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00:00Meanwhile, we will continue with the ongoing distribution of aid to those affected by the recent typhoon Enteng.

00:05We have with us the Department of Social Welfare Development Assistant Secretary and Spokesperson Irene Dumlao.

00:11Assec Dumlao, good morning. Welcome to Unang Balita.

00:14Good morning. Good morning to all of you who are watching this program.

00:18Yesterday, in my monitoring of the public briefing, you mentioned that there are 60,000 people in various evacuation centers.

00:27Has that number increased?

00:30That's right, Sir Ivan.

00:32There are more than 18,000 families or more than 73,000 people in evacuation centers.

00:41According to our latest data, there are 508 open evacuation centers.

00:46These can be found in Metro Manila, Ilocos Sur, La Union, Pangasinan in Region 1, Quirino in Region 2,

00:53Aurora, Bataan, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Zambales, Pulonga City in Region 3.

00:58Also in Batangas, Cavite, Laguna and Rizal in Calabarzon.

01:01There are also in Albay, Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Maspate.

01:05Also in Region 5, Antique in Region 6 and in Region 8, there are also in Northern Zagar.

01:10Assec, all those affected are coming.

01:13There are no isolated or those who cannot be reached due to floods or floods.

01:18Yes, Sir Ivan.

01:20We are not accepting again that our personnel are having a hard time reaching for help.

01:26Because the strategy of the DSWD is good that we are coordinating with local government units

01:32and also we have existing relief prepositioning agreements with local government units.

01:37That's why we are using their warehouses.

01:40That's why anytime LGUs need additional family food packs, they can easily access these.

01:46What support will be provided to the affected?

01:50Those in evacuation centers and those who are not in evacuation centers,

01:54and those who are familiar with them.

01:56Yes, actually the Department of Social Welfare and Development through its field offices

02:02has already sent more than 130,000 family food packs.

02:06We also sent family kits, hygiene kits and kitchen kits, especially in Region 8.

02:13And we are continuously providing additional assistance to local government units.

02:18This morning, our National Resource Operations Center is re-releasing and dispatching additional food packs.

02:26You also mentioned that the stranded will be given assistance.

02:29Are there still stranded anywhere in the country?

02:32Well, on Monday, we were able to send assistance in coordination with the LGUs,

02:39hot meals actually, to the stranded in the ports in Batangas and also in Bicol Region.

02:46At the moment, we are not receiving any additional assistance from the stranded.

02:51But in case, the ESWD is ready to assist.

02:54In President Bongbong Marcos' statement yesterday,

02:57he said that there's more than 60 million pesos of standby funds for those who are affected by the typhoon.

03:03The way it's going, do you think that's enough or do we need additional funds?

03:08Well, that's right. We have available standby funds here in the central office and our field offices.

03:14In addition to that, we have stockpiles that are worth more than 2.6 billion pesos.

03:19Those are what we are dispatching to different places.

03:23At the moment, we are also asking the Department of Budget and Management for the replenishment of our quick response funds

03:29because that is provided that we can ask for additional quick response funds.

03:35We're very grateful that the DBM is facilitating our request.

03:40You mentioned replenishment because this typhoon is just a letter A.

03:44There are still many typhoons that can enter our country until the end of the year.

03:50How is our funding for the support of the possible affected by the next typhoons?

03:57Well Ivan, as I said, we're very grateful to the DBM for the support.

04:02In fact, they gave us an assurance that the amount of funds we can use for our disaster response operations will be adequate or sufficient.

04:10Asek Irene, good morning to you. Thank you very much.

04:13Thank you also.

04:14We talked to Irene Dumlao, spokesperson of DSWD.

Panayam kay Asec. Irene Dumlao, Spokesperson, DSWD | Unang Balita

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